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Manchin's energy fight with Obama reflects new West Virginiahttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3293498-manchins-energy-fight-with-obama-reflects-west-virginia.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin might leave Washington early for West Virginia and run for governor, rather than suffer through another four years of a Senate riven by political hostility.
So far, though, the word he wants to hear — bipartisanship — is on everyone's lips. Manchin and his coal state interests have found a more receptive audie...Thu, 08 Jan 2015 19:01:33 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3293498-manchins-energy-fight-with-obama-reflects-west-virginia.html2015-01-08T19:01:33ZUS Sen. Jay Rockefeller heads into retirementhttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3286732-us-sen-jay-rockefeller-heads-retirement.html
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Sen. Jay Rockefeller and West Virginia were an odd mix at first — a Harvard-educated native New Yorker from one of the nation's richest families arriving in one of the poorest states.
Through a half century of public service, he made it work. And as he heads into retirement as the last member of the Rockefeller family dynasty in p...Sat, 03 Jan 2015 21:55:31 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3286732-us-sen-jay-rockefeller-heads-retirement.html2015-01-03T21:55:31ZSenate to work longer under GOP control next yearhttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3219874-senate-to-work-longer-under-gop-control-year.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is sending a stern signal to senators used to long weekends and frequent vacations: The Senate is going to work longer hours under GOP control next year.
The chamber hasn't held votes on a Friday all year, but it will do so next year. Vacations will be less frequent and the venerated August...Thu, 20 Nov 2014 22:02:41 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3219874-senate-to-work-longer-under-gop-control-year.html2014-11-20T22:02:41ZRep. Dingell hospitalized with abdominal painhttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3085380-rep-dingell-hospitalized-with-abdominal-pain.html
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. Rep. John Dingell of Michigan, the longest-serving member of Congress in history, was hospitalized Monday after experiencing abdominal pain but is "doing well" and is expected to be released in a few days, according to his office.
The 88-year-old Democrat was admitted Monday to Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. "Dingell is doing well, is...Mon, 08 Sep 2014 16:49:34 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3085380-rep-dingell-hospitalized-with-abdominal-pain.html2014-09-08T16:49:34Z